Question follow-through · 10149
Banking Services
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2026 to Questions 6391, 6395 and 6396, what evidence of consumer detriment led her Department to commission the independent Review into Access to Banking Services announced on 14 May
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 16 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 24 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2026 to Questions 6391, 6395 and 6396, what evidence of consumer detriment led her Department to commission the independent Review into Access to Banking Services announced on 14 May
18 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Government is aware of the public’s concerns around access to banking services, which are currently not protected in legislation. Whilst there is evidence on a local level of individuals being affected by the closure of bank branches, the Government n...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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